LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
March 29, 1995
TO: Honorable Ron Wilson, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 1519
Committee on Licensing & By: Wilson
Administrative Procedures
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1519 (Relating to the licensing and regulation of licensed
adjunctive therapists.) this office has determined the following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill amends the Department of Licensing and Regulation's
enabling statute and establishes the licensed adjunctive
therapist advisory council and the hypnotherapist advisory
council. The advisory councils would be exempt from Article 6252-
33 which regulates advisory boards and would not fall under the
authority of the department. Only the licensed adjunctive
therapist advisory council members would be allowed reimbursement
of travel expenses. None of the council members are allowed
compensation.
The department would be required to enter into a contract with
the advisory councils to administer and enforce the provisions of
the bill and rules of the councils. The bill would require the
department to license/register Adjunctive Therapists, including
Art Therapists, Biofeedback Therapists, Dance Therapists, Drama
Therapists, Hypnotherapists, and Music Therapists and provides
for administrative penalties. The department would also be
required to maintain a registry of adjunctive therapists.
Persons who are licensed by another state agency and perform any
procedure described in the bill are exempt.
Fees would be set by the council and would be deposited in the
licensed adjunctive therapist fund as established in the bill.
The bill does not indicate whether this fund is inside or outside
the State Treasury. The application fee is set at $150, renewal
fees are projected at $50/year. Expenses of both the advisory
councils and the department shall be paid from the fund. It is
assumed that approximately 6,850 therapists that would be
licensed under the bill in the first year. The number of persons
licensed would grow to 7,150 by FY 1998 and remain relatively
constant thereafter.
The Act is effective September 1, 1995. Licenses do not have to
be issued until September 1, 1996. The commission shall appoint
the advisory councils by November 1, 1995. The advisory councils
shall adopt rules not later than May 1, 1996.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out Probable Revenue Change in
Year of Other Funds Gain from Other Number of State
997 Funds 997 Employees from
(Licensed (Licensed FY 1995
Adjunctive Adjunctive
Therapist Fund) Therapist Fund)
1996 $343,000 $1,027,500 8.0
1997 323,000 372,500 8.0
1998 323,000 367,500 8.0
1999 323,000 367,500 8.0
2000 323,000 367,500 8.0
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source: Department of Licensing and Regulation
LBB Staff: JK, LR, DF